Craziest Gliderflight South Africa | Wave & Ridge | Behind The Scenes

Awesome #gliderflight from Worcester, South Africa to the False Bay. The wind was blowing with more than 60 km/h and we could find great wave and ridge lifts. It was a nice example of how to use the #PowerOfNature with a glider to experience the most stunning scenery from the birds´perspective, without burning fuel (only 3 liters for the aerotow). In the background you can see the #CapeOfGoodHope
This video is a behind the scenes of "The craziest flight of my life". Many of you asked for longer videos and videos with the raw sound of the glider without music. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am ;-)
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[@hiroarcturus9105]

wao..so close to ground and returned to high altitude without any problem. amazing glider performance and pilot technic...i wish fly like this someday

[@SteFly]

Wind and ridge flying is just insane!

[@gilbertlandemaine3890]

And I do enjoy your flights without music. I like the sound of the wind around the glider and Sometimes I do listen low my favorite artists.

[@itinensanzen]

Just the wind sound and vario, no music to annoy. Great vid, love this.

[@chrisnifty2657]

No sweeter sound than a vario beeping up!

[@grabir01]

crazy for sure!! These guys know what they are doing.

[@oshadilakshini2878]

WOW NICE VIEW 😲FLY MORE🛩️ WE ALWAYS KEEP LOOKING YOUR VIDEOS. MAKE MORE VIDEOS TO WATCH YOU EVERY SECOND.❤

[@antigoon78]

Absolutely amazing. The speeds you flew and not losing any altitude... Wow!

[@gilbertlandemaine3890]

Or maybe you didn't get enough water with you and tried to have a drink? Please never drink salt water from ocean, it unfortunatly becomes more and more toxic... Sory For I do have sometimes dark humour but I still have faith when I Saw your Videos, WE still Can preserve our small planet. Hope to see your next flights with a 280km/h finish!!!!! For info how much was the vne on your last beautiful glider ?

[@SteFly]

@@gilbertlandemaine3890 The vne is 280 km/h, so we exactly flew that fast. The turbulences were extremly low for that much wind, because it is blowing directly from the ocean more or less laminar.

[@duncangroenewald]

You guys are crazy man - that’s completely insane flying from Worcester to Rooiels and then going down to road level above the ocean. A lot of faith in that North Westerly. Couldn’t see an engine hidden anywhere either. Awesome.... I guess you can always land on the beach at the Strand....

[@LSVFlachkurbler]

sehr cool ! Vor allem das vorsichtige rantasten nach unten was noch safe geht. Video gefällt mir natürlich viel besser als die musikverseuchten Versionen. Segelfliegen hat so unendlich viele Facetten, man muss nur die Fantasie haben sie zu nutzen.

[@ארנבתפצ]

Сука! Напиши на английском хотя бы.

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

Incredible photography, absolutely beautiful. I'm stooped at the altitudes you reach, and the speeds you achieve. Really impressive flying, fantastic machines.

[@SteFly]

Maximum speeds of these gliders is 280 km/h and we flew that fast down at the ocean. Don´t want to know which the cars were thinking, when we overtook them that fast and low :DD

[@RealDukeOfEarl]

😂😂😂

[@brushitoff503]

Sketchy Take Off!!!!! That tow plane look like it was battling hard against the wind! @6:40 & onward when your glider sounds like it's jet-powered ha ha! Crazy flight for sure Stefan! Awesome!

[@monz1978]

Epic! I used to live there and know that road well. Love the low pass over the parked cars.

[@SoaringMidlo]

Thanks for sharing the long-version of this flight. That's a lot of sink you had to fly through @ 2:50 to get to the wave (or was it convergence?). Those low level passes next to the road were epic! Amazing how much faster your "unpowered" glider was compared to the cars :)

[@manfred7142]

Awesome video! I want more of this sort!

[@SteFly]

Thank you! Will try in future, but first of all I need to get back into a glider :D

[@joyflight8599]

...Momente, in denen Du gelebt hast! (Ich gebs zu, mir wäre das zu heftig gewesen). Wow!

[@hshs5756]

This is the buzzards' time to make their fall migration here in SW Oregon where they use thermals to carry themselves up thousands of feet and then kick out at the top to make as much mileage south as they can before they find the next thermal. I counted 83 birds in a long column two days ago. First bird into the thermal kicks out first and leads the column, last bird in is tail-end Charlie. Glider pilots are good at this, but can only dream of the buzzard's skills.

[@Jodelnator]

Ach ja, die V8. Damit hatte ich auch nen geilen Flug. :D

[@panicharova]

I'm learing to fly at the same airport you took off from, and one of the flights I dream to do is the one you did in this video! Great video!

[@MichaelHabner]

Bliss on a stick!

[@richardleschen4191]

Great video here folks. Cheers, Richard Leschen.

[@rdrooster9967]

the best gliders 2 man

[@ladraode9dedos409]

OMG! What a great flight!!

[@SteFly]

Thank you a bunch!!

[@Alex-dr6sv]

Stefan Langer was This an arcus you were flying?

[@PureGlide]

12:19 now that's a cliff!

[@chico-de4099]

Boah seeeehr geil. Ich habe das Video mit offenem Mund vor lauter Faszination gekuckt. Welle würde ich gerne auch mal mitfliegen und dann noch in deeeeer Landschaft. Hammer. Viele Grüße Jörg

[@SteFly]

Vielen Dank! War auch wirklich mein Highlight unter 1900 Flugstunden. Die Landschaft ist so abwechslungsreich, die Wolkenstrukturen durch Wind & Welle und dann noch der Nervenkitzel so tief am Meer entlang zu fliegen. Und morgens hatten wir noch überlegt, ob wir überhaupt Segelfliegen sollen.

[@marcelgschwind2342]

Megaaa😍

[@Wok182]

Faszinierend Wäre cool gewesen wenn du es irgendwie gezeigt hättest wie ihr von Meeres Höhe wieder zurück auf diese große Höhe gekommen seid. Echt krass. Dachte das geht nicht mehr 😳

[@SteFly]

Das war absolut nicht schwer. Auf den Hang standen 60 km/h Wind und wir sind einfach ein paar Mal den Hang entlang geflogen. Danach waren wir wieder auf Ausgangshöhe und konnte die paar Kilometer zum nächsten Hang überwinden. Zurück ging es so, wie hier in dem Video gezeigt: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYvMkqSgf7Vob7s Anschließend sind wir noch einige hundert Kilometer im Hang geflogen ;)

[@andrewnielsen3178]

You stayed high on tow. We usually go into low tow position at about 150 ft to help the towplane climb.

[@deniz3055]

Hammer geiles Video😍 Mehr davon!!🔥😍

[@SteFly]

Dankeschön!

[@ЕвгенийГоловко-э1г]

Amazing flight! Great video! Master control glider! For good I envy those people who can and know how to float in the air like birds. Let us know please where this place? Good luck in everything!

[@SteFly]

Thanks a bunch! We launched from Worcester, South Africa and flew to the False Bay next to Rooi-Els.

[@johnp9890]

I do not know soaring, but how can you fly so low near that beach and not crash?? You do not have any lift there... so how do you get back. I did see you guys accelerating and then going up near the mountain, then I heard the beeping of the variometer. Maybe there is strong winds around that mountain which you use to climb?? I still do not get it though, because after you go into the wind and rise, your speed will be lower, how can you effectively gain altitude like this?? You seemed so low, but later I saw that same spot from high above.. how on earth did you get up so high again?

[@footsy420]

my goodness, it's like you climbed to heaven

[@SteFly]

Yesss!! The Arcus had 800 kilograms of takeoff weight and with 250 km/h plus speed, you get about 200 m of height at 120 km/h. And the ridge helped with some additional lift ;)

[@darrylldodson6623]

Excellent!!!!! I assume you worked ridge to wave in order to gain enough altitude to get back to airport but would love to hear you discuss this.

[@SteFly]

Thank you!! No, we only used the ridge to fly back. With 60 km/h wind speed we got a lot higher than the ridges and then continued to the next ridges. The way back was nearly the same, as I flew here with the Discus 2cT: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYvMkqSgf7Vob7s

[@jimmygadd]

Waterlanding at false bay would be a whole other story

[@aleksanderswiech9352]

That was awsome!

[@onniasikainen777]

Great stuff!

[@jasminb8065]

Cooles Video 😍

[@PJH1111]

At 18.38 I see (and hear) you have a very high indicated airspeed, as one would expect for such a low pass. So you can trade that speed for height, and then continue the flight back into ridge lift coming of the ridge to your left. So the theorie checks out at least. My question would be how dangerous is this really? I don't see an escape (no suitable beach of any kind and the road would not be an option I guess), so is the wind then enough of a lift source at these altitudes? Asking as I want to learn about gliding, not trying to tell you what you should or shouldn't do.

[@flt31]

Obviously I don't know the nuances of the working lift at that site, nonetheless, nerves of steel!! I'd like to know how they got back to 'safe' height?

[@SteFly]

As you can see in this video, we tried the ridge many times in higher altitudes and slowly went lower. At windspeeds of 60 km/h in average, we quickly climbed in the ridge lift and then glide back to the next ridges. That was very easy and not so spectacular.

[@maximilian794]

Nice Sache😂✌

[@SteFly]

Erst mal anschauen :D :D

[@Rickenbacker69]

This looks amazing. Also makes me REALLY miss our Duo. I mean, the Arcus we got instead is nice and all, but it's just a little more unwieldy...

[@SteFly]

Thank you! We flew there with an Arcus T and I prefer the Arcus. Flaps are sooo nice :-)

[@Rickenbacker69]

@@SteFly Ours is an Arcus M. I like the ability to self-start, and the climb rate is pretty impressive, but it just feels so big :). Very pleasant to fly, actually, but it does fele more like driving a bus, where the Duo was more of a sports car. At least as far as two seaters go.

[@SteFly]

@@Rickenbacker69 Ah ok! The Arcus M is a little bit more complex and the minimum takeoff weight is higher. But I like flying heavy gliders :D

[@fetilu0975]

@@SteFly What can the flaps be used for ?

[@Rickenbacker69]

@@SteFly Yeah, I can tell you like to go fast :). But in the end, I still prefer the Discus 2 - such a perfect balance between maneuverability and performance. One of these days I'll have my own - unless they release a Discus 3 first :).

[@gilbertlandemaine3890]

Just crazy, did you want to check water température ?!!😰

[@SteFly]

Haha, no we went whale spotting, but unfortunately we didn´t see any whales. I guess we were too fast :D

[@FreedZ]

Der Schleppflug sah ja mühsam aus^^ was hattet ihr denn da vorne dran? Das war ein UL oder?

[@ladraode9dedos409]

Nice fight! Where is it? Recalls South Africa...

[@SteFly]

Thank you! False Bay near Rooi-Els, South Africa :)

[@TotalVerzockt]

Das nächste Mal die Haubenverriegelung richtig zu machen. Die hängt da echt auf halb acht 😉

[@SteFly]

Oh, das ist uns nicht aufgefallen. Sieht wirklich nicht gut aus, auch wenn ich gerade keinen Vergleich zu dem komplett geschlossenen Hebel in der V8 habe.

[@lucasgomez8919]

What sailplane model was that fly?? Arcus??

[@otto16121970]

How lucky you are to do such thing.

[@daveslow84]

OMG! Gliders spraying chemtrails at 21:58 ;p

[@joka.oficial]

Apaixonante!

[@hgsert2733]

How glider is protected from sparks?

[@eifmailru]

Suppppper!

[@josephinebennington7247]

At 20.05 the other glider’s wings seem remarkably bent upwards. Is that design, or aerodynamic forces?

[@SteFly]

That´s design ;)

[@maxwei9216]

21:58 chemtrails :D

[@Tinker1950]

The significance being what exactly in relation to the video? Unless as course you fail to understand the simple act of dumping water ballast?

[@maxwei9216]

@@Tinker1950 maybe it's not just water 😏

[@danielhermanus6909]

@@maxwei9216 it's 🍺

[@kaihorstmann2783]

Max Weiß very true. Sometimes there is anti-freeze in the water😁. When flying in freezing temperatures for longer time. But otherwise complete bullshit (not in the water🤣🤣)

[@ooooooo7499]

Hey how's the new glider coming any new video's from the tare down

[@arvedhornschuh5957]

Gibt's nen OLC Link?

[@bigheadbig5910]

Супер!

[@simon71991]

What is the beeping noise in gliders. I would find it very irritating

[@RobertAlexanderRM]

Hi Simon, that is the sound of the variometer, probably the most important instrument in a sailplane and the audio is needed so you never have to look into the cockpit to know if you're rising or sinking. When you're a sailplane pilot that becomes really a second nature. I can understand it's annoying to you if you didn't know what it was for. Hight pitched means climbing, low pitched means sinking.

[@falconcool11]

What's that whistle like beeping sound all gliders have?What's the purpose of it?

[@hypothebai4634]

Its to stop the pilots falling asleep! :)

[@Rocketpax]

In case you never got a real answer, it is an audio output of a variometer. It tells you if you are in rising or sinking air. Low droning sound means you are in sinking air, and fast high pitch noise means rising air. The idea is that you don't have to stare at the instrument and can keep eyes out.

[@tillthiemann6448]

Könntest du den OLC track verlinken? Würd mich Mal interessieren 👍🏼

[@mumblecake251]

Sag mal, wo war das denn? Autos fahren auf der linken Seite was es etwas eingrenzt.

[@SteFly]

In Südafrika in der Kappstadt Region ;)

[@mumblecake251]

@@SteFly Wahnsinn, du kommst mit deiner Fliegerei wirklich weit herum :)

[@agerbier]

where is this

[@SteFly]

It's in South Africa in the cape region 😉

[@francoisde-martrin-donos6167]

C'est pas sorcier il suffit de le faire comme il faut. ..?

[@maximilian.gormn04]

Warum redest du nicht einfach deutsch?

[@SteFly]

Weil das dann die 72,5% nicht-deutssprachigen Zuschauer nicht verstehen würden ;)

[@trevorcox3607]

Stupid flying with little choice if things go wrong

[@SteFly]

We had options and 60 km/h wind directly from the ocean is far more reliable than any engine ;)

[@dirkhoekstra727]

No, what is stupid is this comment from someone clearly knowing fuck-all about gliding and trying to tell an experienced pilot how to fly.